Dr.
Honrath's teaching interests include atmospheric chemistry,
air pollution control, and the fundamentals of environmental
science and engineering. His research interests focus
on global and regional atmospheric impacts of anthropogenic
pollutants, especially in remote regions. Currently, his
research group includes 4 graduate students and one postdoctoral
researcher, studying the photochemistry of nitrogen oxides
and ozone in the troposphere over the North Atlantic Ocean
and the Arctic through measurement and modeling studies.
An additional research area addresses the cycling of persistent
toxic organic compounds in the atmosphere and waters of
the Great Lakes region. Current studies include measurements
on the summit of the Greenland ice cap, to determine the
role of various nitrogen oxides species in the deposition
of nitrate in the ice cap, a study designed to improve
interpretation of the ice-core record of atmospheric chemistry,
and measurements of CO and ozone as part of the PROPHET
intensive atmospheric chemistry study in northern lower
Michigan.
Other
recent studies Dr. Honrath has been involved with include
the Arctic Outflow Study, a measurement campaign in northern
Newfoundland which was recently completed; measurements
in southern Newfoundland to study transport of pollutants
from eastern North America toward the North Atlantic Ocean,
as part of the North Atlantic Regional Experiment (NARE-97);
measurement of nitrogen oxides in the marine boundary
layer of the central North Atlantic, at a site in the
Azores during NARE-1993; a modeling study of the impact
which arctic air pollution has on the ozone budget of
the North Atlantic during spring; and statistical analyses
of PCB measurements made on the shore of Lake Superior
near Michigan Tech.
Dr.
Honrath has published in many journals, including the
Journal of Geophysical Research, Environmental
Science & Technology, and Atmospheric Environment.
